Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban

[n2doc]

Updated by Matthew Yglesias

Donald Trump’s top advisers try to cheer up the sulking commander in chief by reminding him of their looming plan to endanger the lives of some of the most desperate and vulnerable people on earth.

That fact comes to us not from Trump’s political opponents or some nefarious conspiracy of “Obama holdovers” in the “deep state,” but from Trump’s closest friends and allies in politics.

This weekend was a bonanza of gossipy scoops from inside the White House, including Politico’s “Knives are out for Reince,” CNN’s “Trump angry and frustrated at staff over Sessions fallout,” and ABC News’s “Trump flashes anger over Sessions recusal, Russia stories in tense Oval Office meeting.” But it’s the Washington Post’s entrance into the genre, by Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, and Ashley Parker, that delivers the single most chilling anecdote.

Like the other stories, it goes over Trump’s bad mood — he’s angry that Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation into ties to Russia, he’s paranoid about leaks, and he’s upset that more people aren’t backing up his evidence-free accusation about Barack Obama ordering Trump Tower bugged.

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http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/6/14827338/trump-travel-ban-cheer

[Siwsan]

1. Is he a redux of Nero or Caligula - I just can't decide

I guess if he tries to make a horse a Senator, that will settle things.

And, as a side note, I am well aware of how many horse's asses we already have in the Senate.

[Va Lefty]

3. I think he's more like Tiberius with Bannon playing the role of Sejanus

[Siwsan]

5. I just did a little knowledge refreshing on Sejanus

The Trump/Tiberious comparison - wow - pretty much spot on. Of course, now I'm picturing Pence as Caligula - I have a feeling he is already plotting the take over.

[Va Lefty]

7. Yeah sucking up until he can slip the knife in his back

[angrychair]

2. As with most despots

They have a special sense of purpose to be dominant and cruel over people.

What a bunch of dicks...

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Psychopath!

So to cheer him up they tell him about how he's going to get to hurt people, some of them the elderly and children, next week. This guy is 1 event from beheadings on the White House lawn to cheer him up before his morning cup of hot Cacao.

He gets joy from hurting people.

[dalton99a]

6. The way Mafiosi cheer up a moody boss by talking about his next crime